Winding device



T. J. OSBORNE.

wlNDlNG DEVICE.

FILED J.ULY8,1920.

Patented Fee. 271,192.3.

f- WINDING :env-ICE.

Application tled July 8,

T 0 @ZZ @from it may concerne:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. QsnonNE,` a citizen of the United States, residing; at Premier, in the county of'McDowell and State of Vllrest Virginia, liaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in llvlind-y specification.

This invention relates to an automatically operated spool Winder and has for itsv object` to provide means whereby a cord or, cable of an);v character may be evenl)7 andV smoothlr wound uponV a spool or drum.

Another object of the inventionfis to provide means for automatically reversing* a threadedbar 'for controllingv a cable or cord guide. f i. l l

still further object of the invention is to i provide a novelv mechanism for simultaneousl;7 operating a pair of clutches.

lilith the above and other obJects 1n view I have invented the device illust 'ated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view otmy guide control mechanism, and s Figure 2 isan elevational view from one end of the device. l i n lt is to be understood that this device isv to be used fort-he purpose of winding'- angy cable, rope, cord or thread regularly, 'evenly and smoothl)r upon any .spool7 drum .or cyl` inder. p

Lilie reference Characters indicate like )arts throughout the tollowin s )eciication and in the drawings in which 1 indicates al cable Winder which consists of a drive shaft iL a driven shaft 3, a threaded sha'tt le a traveler 5, carrying a cable guide 6, clutches T and 8 and clutch operators 9 and 10. The shafts i2 and l are connected by a pair off like `nears 11 and 12. The stub shaft 13 operating the clutch member 8' is driven by the shaftQ through the medium of a sprocket wheel and chain transmission 1st and the.` stub shaft 15 operating the clutch member Ti" is driven bv the shaft 3 through thev medium oit-he sprocket wheel and chain trans-y mission 16. The tra veler 5 ixedly mounted upon a nut 1T operating on the threaded shaftv et. 'llhe member 5 is oblong and its ends are provided with arcuate `grooves 1S and 19 slidably mounted over the guide bars Q0 and 21 whereby rotation `of men'xber 5 is obrlated. The clutch Controllers on operators 9 and 1l) vconsist orf levers QQ and 23 'rro stares 'rj j THOMAS I.' osisonlirn` 0E rREMIER, tfIEern-I'a,y essienoze i929@ sentirne.' ,having'yokes at fthe shift' rod28.

2li and'f operating` Finbth'e oNEI-IA-Lr To grooves' 26 and 2f? of the clutchimenibersal f v .connected thereto vwhich slidably operate ing Devices. of which the following 1s through openings -Inovided in the lpedestals 33 andit, and lever y"Operating bars and'r 36 which'slidabl;T operate throuh openings. provided in said pedestalsand whiclrare adapted to project into the pathloinove# ment of said'traveler.v K f Y.

The operation of the cable guide mechanism automatic and `very simple. As

'shown i11'll`igu1e 1 of thedrawings the train eler 5 is 1nv the act of tl'irowing' .leverQQby pushing` against bar-35," thus disconnecting N clutch member 7 yfrom clutch member 3 7l and said member 7a actin(r as as fulcrum.

causes lever to shift rod 287 to throw levery 23 to connect clutch members 8EL 'and 8b thus reversing the threaded shaft-.5t causi-ngare# verse motion v'of traveler and throwing the it shall have reachedthis endfofthe shaft 5.

ybar 36 in the path ofsaid'member 5 when lso The'transmission 141-", 'cl-rives shaltjtin one "I direction and the transmission 16 drives :it

.in the opposite directiomthus operating the traveler yand with it the cable guide back and fortlr :upon the shaft .4. "A spool or vwhich l claim as new and desire-to obtain by' Letters Patentis:

1. In a vcable gruide,-consisting'of a" pair y 'drum 37 is mounted yon the shaft which. parallels screw -shattfhv and upon-which" a cable is to be wound. i y y Having -now described my invention,A that e .Y

jacent opposite ends ofthe `said transiversef.v shaftwlnchis iorined with'a contlni'iousv cirl cumi'crential thread, vclutch members carried rb);- the said stub shafts for alternately .operc 10o shaitmeans torrotatingthe stub-'shafts in' ativelyr connecting them-with 'the threadedk Opposite directions. guide bars spanning the pedestalv above.

'andl below 'the tiansverseH sha-ft, a traveller movablelongitudinally of. y

said guides and engaged by the'transverse ori threaded shaft,V levers havingpivotal connectionswith pedestalsand operativellvgen- @aged with the lc-l'utelries,` and lever bars having with the said-clutclroperating levers 'andV p opera-ting; terminal 'pivotall connectionsp .i'iecl bv *che seid :iub shafts for vellemately operatively connecting them with fille ,thi-ended Shall, means for ,rotating the vSieb @hefte in oppoeile directions, mide bats Spamming: 'Clie peflefzil above ,eed .below ,the

traveller movelleflonpgitv diimllj; of Seid guides and engaged' by the transverse o1` lu'eafle'fl shaft, leveifs'lliaving pivotal connections with peclestals and 0peietively engaged with gthe felutclies, lever operating bai-s li-avingteiminel pivotal oonnectons with Jche said clutch operating levers und passing `r.sliflzibly 'th-rough: said pedestal 'for alternativeengagement with the traveller, nml e Shifter iocl having' terminal piv- --otl Connections with said levers at the ends opposite the leveil operating bars, whereby the said eljitelieSm-ay be alternately but manuellv7 operated independently of said travell/e1'.

Ames: J. WTEDDEREURN, ALFRED 0. 'H. 

